When Tomeka Mills was growing up in Ensley, she looked up to her father, Rev. A.W. Brooks, who hoped to start a home for people in need in the ‘90s.
He soon fell ill and passed away before he could bring that vision to life — but Mills has a goal to follow through on his dreams.
In July, Mills founded a nonprofit, the A.W. Brooks Serenity Home, with a plan to benefit high-school-aged girls who have experienced trauma, neglect or displacement…